Business of Software Podcast

Poppy is a co-founder and CEO of Darktrace, a world-leading AI company for cyber defence, named Europe’s ‘Fastest Growing Super Scale-up’ by Tech Tour in 2018. Poppy was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 2019 in recognition of her services to cyber security. In this talk from BoS Europe 2019, Poppy will discuss how Darktrace has grown to become one of the world’s fastest growing cyber AI company. She will share some of her experiences in helping to shape and scale a successful commercial strategy that has meant the company has grown incredibly quickly; from the outset, the intention was to establish a reputation in a key market before applying its AI know-how to other challenges, such as risk or compliance. Recorded live at Business of Software Conference Europe 2019

If you don’t have a Head of Product you may suffer from: narrow focus on engineer/development productivity; underpowered product management teams; customer benefits misaligned with actual features; and lack of a realistic product strategy. But it’s hard to hire a Head of Product. We don’t know what product leaders do, and disagree about what’s most important in a new one. We write wildly aspirational job descriptions for candidates and we confuse subject/market expertise with product management/leadership experience to name just a few errors. Rich Mironov wrote The Art of Product Management and is a voice for the scrappy entrepreneur in all of us. In this talk from BoS USA Online, he looks at the important aspects of product leaders: Organizing the product organization. Cross-functional leadership. Building what users actually need. Recorded at Business of Software Conference USA Online 2020. For more great videos from BoS, visit businessofsoftware.org/videos

Choosing the wrong metrics can lead to the wrong strategy, or worse, no strategy at all. (For example, learn why revenue is a dangerous target.) In this talk from BoS USA Online, Matt shares some of the lessons he’s learned in growing companies, large and small, that will help you choose the right metrics to target in your organisation. Recorded online via Zoom at Business of Software Conference USA Online, September 2020. For more great talks, sign up for the newsletter at businessofsoftware.org/update

Rita introduces her new research on how strategic inflection points offer an opportunity to disrupt existing players using examples like Dollar Shave Club vs. Gillette to show how changes in technology can destabilise existing competitive advantages. Michael Sikorsky shows how companies create entirely new business models to solve perennial problems and drive growth – how can banks use mobile to appeal to millennials and machine learning talk to talk to your mobile? Recorded live at BoS USA 2017 in Boston, MA. For more great videos check out businessofsoftware.org/videos and sign up for our newsletter for fresh new talks and conference updates at busienssofsoftware.org/update

Jason shared some of the things he did to make ShipCompliant the successful business that it is. More importantly, he’ll talk about the mistakes he made in selling and what he wished he had realised before he did. He believes ‘Exit by acquisition’ should not be the only manifestation of success for bootstrappers. This talk was recorded live at BoS Conference Europe in 2017. For more great talks, visit the website at businessofsoftware.org

Nandini has a background in marketing and journalism and has been responsible for growth and community at companies including Kayako and ProdPad. She was named by Business Insider as one of 23 industry leaders “fixing” digital advertising and a Digiday Changemaker in 2017. At BoS USA Online 2020, Nandini discussed some of the potential dangers organisations face in a world where news travels fast online. She shares some insider insight into why HotJar publicly dropped the Trump campaign and GOP’s account in August 2020 and she also explores the role of acceptable use policies and the steps you can take to ensure your companies values stand the test of time. For more great talks, visit businessofsoftware.org/videos. 

Wistia are in it for the long run – they want to run their business their way - which seen them grow and then turn down a buyout before growing some more. Co-Founder & CEO Chris Savage speaks about the process of scaling Wistia in this week's talk from BoS USA 2017, including some fascinating insights into how to communicate well internally in a growing company, and the importance of delegating as your company grows. For more great talks, visit businessofsoftware.org/videos where you can browse by topic or see a full list of all available talks. Don't forget to sign up for the BoS Newsletter at businessofsoftware.org/updates to get regular updates on how you can inject some BoS goodness into your business.

Like many BoS speakers, Peldi comes to the conference every year regardless of whether he’s on stage. He comes to be part of the community, to learn from others, and to hang out with his "tribe" – incredible entrepreneurs keen to give advice and meet new people.  In this talk he shared an honest update about his worries in Balsamiq’s milestone 10th year. On realizing he’s still too integral to the business, Peldi started the ‘Winter 2018 Injected Turbulence Project’ – delegated product design and engineering management, deleted Slack and witter from his phone, and stopped watching their internal wiki. Recorded live at Business of Software Conference USA 2018, in Boston, MA. For more great talks, visit businessofosftware.org and don't forget to sign up for the newsletter to be kept up to date when new talks go live on the website for you to stream free.

Ayat Shukairy is a ‘queen of CRO’ with over ten years helping companies create websites that customers love, and that result in increased sales and retention. Most marketing talk, or business strategy meetings, emphasizes the importance of ‘customer first’. Yet if we take a look at companies and how they operate, the  C-Level exec are still calling the shots without paying heed to the needs and wants of the customer. Even when companies embrace a customer first approach, the way they tap into their customers voice doesn’t give them the right result. Recorded live at Business of Software Conference USA 2018 in Boston, MA For more great talks, visit businessofsoftware.org/videos.

We’ve all been there. You finally step foot into the job you’ve wanted forever only to feel like you aren’t good enough for the role, or worse, a complete fraud. You’re not alone; an estimated 70% of people from all walks of life, both men and women experience imposter syndrome at some point in their careers. In this talk from BoS USA Online 2020, Tiffany Da Silva (Founder, flowjo.co) shares her own experiences along with the framework and tools she uses every day to eliminate it. Recorded live online at Business of Software Conference USA Online 2020 Visit businessofsoftware.org/updates to stay up to date with the latest talks, podcasts, and events from BoS